Anna Garcia, MD

Pathology PGY-4 in Houston. Aspiring forensic pathologist. Loves iced coffee, patient autonomy,and heart-shaped microscopic structures. #medtwitter #pathtwitter

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

@abbeyaroth @DukePathDept Congrats!!!

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

Me smiling through the pain of allergy season in Houston

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

Heart-shaped colon biopsy 💜

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

Happy Friday! Little heart in pancreas

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

@caseypschukow One Punch Man, Sailor Moon, and Yuri on Ice!

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

Fake gray matter heterotopia (the sectioning makes it look like it’s not connected to the rest of the gray matter but it is!) happens to resemble a little heart ♥️ 🧠

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

Reading the small blurbs about coronaviruses in pre-pandemic microbiology textbooks is… not a great feeling

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

This interview season, don’t forget that the goal isn’t just to get programs to like you. This is your chance to find a place that has all the things you need (and hopefully all the things you want too).

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

Back at it again on surg path 💜

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

Someone: “You’ll get the gist of it!”
Me, a pathologist: 🤠GIST🤠

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

@ijbailey @NicoleJacksonMD How else was I supposed to pay $250K for medical school? 🙄. Instead of “why do people take out student loans” think “hmmm why does higher education cost the amount it does?”

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

May I politely ask why the required board exam is $895? As someone who is the first in their family to graduate college, and someone who moved across the country alone for residency, that’s not easy money to come by.

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

In no particular order, some things I have learned about coagulation this block:
ROTEM
Von Willebrand (so many)
*fake* Von Willebrand (platelet type)
Multimers
Lupus inhibitor
Mixing studies!!!!
Factor 2,7,9, and 10 need Vit K
Is the pt on heparin?

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

I’ve never done something more complicated than trying to get my Texas registration and license. I am determined but 😵‍💫

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

My cats wake up with me every time I get a page, run to the pager, and yell the whole time I’m on the phone. They’re asking all the right questions. They’re committed to patient care.

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

If you are a doctor or healthcare worker who supports action on gun safety tweet #DoctorsForGunSafety

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

@NeeshaMeans @Hansalah @d_torman @Leomyoma92 Me not realizing you can turn the specimen around to make holding it in place easier 🤦🏻‍♀️. It was like I never cut anything before in my life

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

Pathology is typing things and then erasing them because you changed your mind on which words to use. Several times.
Pathology is also platelet shortage.

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

@jkin2003 Ok but this doesn’t answer the question at hand 🧐

[Anna Garcia, MD @annaplastic]

Do you say nuCLEolus or nucleOlus?